The railway arches are really a challenge for me. I want to try to give them some more relief then just the texture that was printed out on the art paper I’m using for this project.

So after gluing the base layers in place I started with embossing the stones.

Progress did go slowly, because I did this job with hay fever eyes. But time is the only thing that I can get for free creating a diorama. After trying an embossing pen I took my empty ballpoint again. I followed the texture of Scalescenes, playing with the pressure on the point of the ballpoint. More pressure on “thick” mortar lines and less pressure on the “thin” ones. Between some stones there are no mortar lines.

After I had finished embossing the stones I cut the arches out.

I followed the same way of working for the buttresses, the copings and the parapet wall.

Then I worked in the same way for the stone fill-in at the right of the diorama.

I glued this one in place.

Now it was time to do my traditional pastel pencil weathering. Also in this case I used some reference pictures from the internet.

Now I glued the finished arches in the diorama box.

Next job was to finish the pavement.

I glued the single pavement stones in place using tweezers. This job I had to do carefully.

After finishing the pavement I gave it some final weathering using pastel and a brushed coat of wood ash. I still think this is one of the best solutions to create an old looking street or pavement surface.

Also this time an overview picture of the diorama, so you can follow the development from black and white to colour.

Now I can start creating the shops. I will keep you informed about the progress.

As always your suggestions and comments are much appreciated.

Regards,

Job